Talk:List of English palindromic phrases


 * Note: Consensus for this article may be found at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 15.

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 * Am I loco, Lima?
 * "Bed stress!" asserts Deb
 * Bombard a drab mob
 * Cigar? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic
 * Darn ocelots stole Conrad
 * Deliver ere we're reviled.
 * Diaper sin is repaid
 * Di, did I as I said I did?
 * Did I draw Della too tall, Edward? I did
 * Did I strap red nude, red rump, also slap murdered underparts? I did!
 * Dr. Awkward
 * Draw, O Caesar, erase a coward.
 * Draw putrid dirt upward
 * Egad, a base life defiles a bad age
 * Eh, Canada had an ache?
 * Emil's slime
 * Emit no tot on time
 * E.T is opposite
 * Eva, can I stab bats in a cave?
 * Eve maiden name. Both sad in Eden? I dash to be manned. I am Eve.
 * Evil I did dwell; lewd did I live.
 * Feeble Tom's motel beef
 * Gabe's a nosebag
 * Gary knits a stinky rag
 * Gate man sees name, garage man sees name tag.
 * Golf? No, sir, prefer prison-flog.
 * He won a Toyota now, eh?
 * I did roll. Or did I?
 * I, madam, I made radio! So I dared! Am I mad? Am I? - Spider Robinson
 * I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori
 * Lager, sir, is regal
 * Mom's Dad? Dad's Mom?
 * Mother Eve's noose we soon sever, eh, Tom?
 * No, it is opposed, art sees trades opposition.
 * No, it is opposition
 * Now ere we nine were held idle here, we nine were won.
 * Oh, cameras are macho
 * Pull up if I pull up
 * Reviled, I wonder if I fired. Now, I deliver!
 * See, slave, I demonstrate yet arts no medieval sees.
 * Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots!
 * Straw? No, too stupid a fad; I put soot on warts
 * Straw warts
 * Young Ada had a gnu. Oy!


 * Drawn, I sit; serene rest is inward
 * He did die, did he?


 * Snack cans
 * Space caps
 * Trapeze part


 * Cain: A maniac!; or Cain: A monomaniac!
 * Campus motto: Bottoms up, Mac!


 * Todd erases a red dot


 * Too fat a foot
 * Yo, Banana Boy!


 * Kay, a red nude, peeped under a yak.
 * Lager, Sir, is regal.
 * No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon.
 * No, it is open on one position.
 * Plan no damn Madonna LP!
 * Poor Dan is in a droop.
 * Some men interpret nine memos.
 * Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus. (W. H. Auden)--No, Leigh Mercer.
 * Tarzan raised a Desi Arnaz rat. (Baby Gramps)
 * Yawn! Madonna fan? No damn way!
 * Yo Bob, mug 'o gumbo boy.

Unsourced

 * Sex at noon taxes
 * Anal sex at noon taxes Lana
 * Dog sex at noon taxes God
 * Naomi, sex at noon taxes, I moan

A

 * A button, not tuba. (Daniel Roach)
 * A dad mod? No? Call a condom Dada.
 * Allude my wedded dewy medulla. (Michael Helsem=mrh)
 * A man, a plan, a canal: Panama. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FunnyComedianGuy (talk • contribs) 06:27, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * A neb revels in Aegean isle verbena. (mrh)
 * A Pre-War Dresser Drawer, Pa!
 * A Mesa-El Paso Mimosa please, ma. (Steve McAllister)
 * Adam ran an armada.
 * Ah, a Mayan on a Yamaha.
 * Are we not drawn onward to new era?
 * Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era? (Bill Bryson)
 * Are we not drawn onwards, we Jews, drawn onward to new era?
 * As I pee, sir, I see Pisa.
 * A Santa at NASA
 * A Santa deified at NASA
 * A Santa stops spots at NASA
 * A six is a six is a six is a six is a...
 * Ate flab in nacho? Oh! Cannibal Feta!
 * A Toyota; race fast, safe car; a Toyota.
 * A Toyota slut racecar; Tulsa Toyota.

B

 * Bald elf fled lab.
 * Boss award I draw, as S.O.B.
 * Butt raft fart tub

C

 * Cigar? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic.
 * Civic deed as is a deed civic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FunnyComedianGuy (talk • contribs) 06:23, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

D

 * Damn mad!
 * Delia sailed as sad Elias ailed.
 * Deliver files mad as a damsel, if reviled.
 * Denim axes examined
 * Desserts I desire not, so long no lost one rise distressed.
 * Desserts stress Ed
 * Did Harpo Marx ram? Oprah did.
 * Did I do, O God, did I as I said I'd do? Good, I did.
 * Didi won straw warts, now I did!
 * DNA-lyre, I felt senses nestle fiery land. (mrh)
 * Dog deifiers reified God. (Edward Fitzpatrick)
 * Done by AM? I may be.
 * Done now, as I saw one nod.
 * Draw a ward
 * Drawer reward
 * Draw pupil's lip upward.
 * Draw? No, onward!

E

 * Egad, alas! A salad age!
 * E-file: no evil to laff a lot, live one life.
 * Elapse day, Hyades pale. (mrh)
 * Elapsed odes pale. (mrh)
 * Em, nog on me?
 * Eros? Sidney, my end is sore.
 * Eva, can I harp on Oprah in a cave?
 * Evil I did. Did I live?
 * Evil olive.
 * Evil plan on Alp, live.
 * Evil satan oscillate my metallic sonatas live!
 * Evil; all its sin is still alive.

F

 * Feeble Tom's motel beef.
 * Feeler I was no fo(e), of on(e) saw I releef. (oldest p. in English, ca. 1600)
 * Flee to me, remote elf.
 * Flower ewer, a wan unaware werewolf. (mrh)
 * Fresh Caesar ever as each serf. (mrh)
 * From Nevada: Dave n' Morf.

G

 * Gödel—A math’s ash: tamale dog. (Daniel Gerling)
 * Goldenrod-adorned log. (Edward Fitzpatrick)

H

 * HANNAH: Apple ho, help! PA: Hannah?
 * Harris' nemesis i' semen, sirrah.
 * He lived as a devil, eh?
 * Here, re-cross sorcerer, eh?
 * He's mad no poll agreed deer gallop on dams, eh? (Ian Shadford)
 * H, Saddam: a mad dash!

I

 * I garble Babel, Bragi. (mrh)
 * I prefer pi.
 * In a regal age ran I.
 * I saw a Santa; at NASA was I
 * I saw I was I. (title of 2002 Austrian short film)
 * I saw not pews. Swept on was I.

L

 * L. A. cigar&mdash;too tragical (from Expiration Date by Tim Powers)
 * Lepers' boobs repel.
 * Lion oil
 * Live Evil (used as an album title by, amongst others, the metal band Black Sabbath and jazz trumpeter Miles Davis)
 * Live dirt up a sidetrack carted is a putrid evil.
 * Lived as a devil.
 * Live on, Time, emit no evil.
 * Look! O snow on! So kool!

M

 * Ma is a nun, as I am.
 * Ma, I see Siam! (Daniel Roach)
 * Mad Amadeus sued a madam. (title of book about palindromes)
 * Mail? I've stole lots. Evil, I am.
 * Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram.
 * Marge, let dam dogs in. Am on satire. Vow I am Cain. Am on spot, am a Jap sniper. Red, raw murder on G.I.! Ignore drum. (Warder repins pajama tops.) No maniac, Ma! Iwo veritas: no man is God. -Mad Telegram. (Roger Angell, according to Brendan Gill)
 * Mirth sift now, won’t fish trim?
 * Mirth, sir, a gay asset? No, don’t essay a garish trim.
 * Mom slaps pal’s mom. (possible newspaper headline)
 * Mr. Owl ate my metal worm.
 * Must sell at tallest sum.

N

 * Name no one man's sensuousness. Name no one man.
 * Named undenominationally rebel, I rile Beryl? La, no! I tan. I'm, O Ned, nude, man! (Cited by Martin Gardner)
 * Ned, go gag Ogden.
 * Neil A. sees Alien.
 * Never a foot too far, even.
 * Nidor of sagas for Odin. (mrh)
 * Night-omega, minimum in image: moth gin. (mrh)
 * No evil I did, I live on.(by Joseph MacLean)
 * No evil rats, Allah. Animals in Islam in a hall. A star! Live on!
 * No evil to laff a lot, live on!
 * No garden if a fine dragon. (mrh)
 * No lava on Avalon, no lava, no Avalon.
 * No misses ordered roses, Simon.
 * No mists reign at Tangier, St. Simon!
 * No pinot noir on Orion to nip on.
 * No sir, away! A papaya war is on.
 * No omen urn, I say, so rosy as in rune moon. (mrh)
 * No, son, onanism's a gross orgasm sin: a no-no, son.
 * Not a tub, but a ton.
 * Not now, wonton!
 * Now, I won!
 * Now, even Eve won.
 * Now, sir, a war is never even -- sir, a war is won!

O

 * Ode protocol: loco torpedo. (mrh)
 * O memsahib bart rabbi has memo (used in The Simpsons episode,Bart, the genius)
 * Oo! Doodoo!
 * Oh, camera! Spot-G, get it on now! Ici penis, Anne, e-porn stars, boobs, rats n' rope 'enna sin epic! I won no tit egg; tops are macho.
 * Oh, no! Don Ho!
 * O non-Arab, a bar a no-no!
 * On a clover, if alive, erupts a vast, pure evil: a fire volcano.
 * One Roman amore, no?
 * O no ... OK...Oy, liven-up, un-evil Yoko Ono.
 * Oops! Pup's poo!
 * Or fret to stir grits otter ‘fro.

P

 * Panic in a Titanic? I nap.
 * Palindromes should never be nonsense such as "sahcusesnesnon eb reven dluohssemo rdnilap"
 * Pee? Jesus! Use jeep!
 * Peel's foe (not a set animal) laminates a tone of sleep. (Lyrics from Kew Rhone)
 * Pope Wodwo, how do we pop? (mrh)
 * Pull up Eva, we're here! Wave! Pull up!
 * Put figleef on nude? ...Dunno, feel gift up.

R

 * Race car.
 * Race fast, safe car.
 * Raps clack calcspar. (mrh)
 * Rats drown in WordStar.
 * Rats live on no evil star. (from the novel Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber)
 * Evil rats on no star live.
 * Rats paraded a rap star.
 * Raw bomb mob: war!
 * Read me opera rare poem, dear (Ian Shadford)
 * Red rose elf flees order
 * Red row order (Eric Fillmore)
 * Red rum, sir, is murder. (jal)
 * Rep aides process a passe corpse diaper.
 * Reified war--all its sides reversed--is still a raw deifier. (Daniel Gerling)
 * Reviled did I live, said I, as evil I did deliver.
 * Revolt if onward snug rajas kayak gnome-land --bologna venom mustard-- Drat! Summon Evan! Go lob DNA lemon 'G,' kayaks ajar, guns drawn, O fit lover. (Andy Adams)
 * Rise to vote, sir.
 * "Rum, rum," I murmur.

S

 * Sam, Xmas eve, Sam! Xmas!
 * Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. (Stephen Fry). (or Stephen Chism)
 * Seva saves.
 * Sides reversed is (a useful phrase that can be slipped into the middle of some palindromic sentences)
 * Sip alone no lapis. (mrh)
 * Sir, I'm Iris.
 * Spit on no tips.
 * Splash at Utah's Alps!
 * Stars are era's rats.
 * Stack cans o' snack cats.
 * Stella won no wallets.
 * Stir grits!
 * Stir, gel, bible, gel, bible, grits!
 * Straw? No, too stupid a fad. I put soot on warts. (Leigh Mercer)
 * Stressed? No tips? Spit on desserts! (waitress's motto)
 * Sue, Zane—Lana, Dad, Mom—Jay, Amy, Maya, Joel, Noel—Mom, Darb, Dad, Nora(a bore) Rob, Aaron—Eve, Bob—Mom, Dad—Bob—Mike, Kim—Bob, Dad, Mom—Bob, Eve, Nora (a bore), Rob, Aaron—Dad—Brad—Mom—Leon, Leo, Jay, Amy, May, A.J.—Mom, Dad—Ana, Lena—Zeus!? (an awkward introduction) [Daniel Gerling]
 * Sunusu's tonsil is not Sununu's!
 * Sun at noon, tan us. (Andrew Harding)
 * Swap God for a janitor, rot in a jar of dog paws.

T

 * Tell a body - do ballet
 * Ten animals I slam in a net.
 * Tired nude man in a pajama I am, a Japan I named under it. (FDR)
 * To old Dallas, we Jews, all add loot. (J. Ramsey Michaels)
 * Tons o' snot
 * Too bad I hid a boot.
 * Too far, Edna, we wander afoot. (Bill Bryson)
 * Too hot to hoot.
 * Top drawer now! I won reward pot!
 * Tulsa slut.
 * Tulsa's mum's a slut (or "Tulsa's Mom's a slut" if you're in Tulsa).
 * Tulsa/Miami boob: I maim a slut.
 * Tulsa night life: filth, gin, a slut.
 * A slut nixes sex in Tulsa.

V

 * Viva le Tel Aviv! (Steve McAllister)

W

 * Was it Eliot's toilet I saw? (Bill Bryson)
 * We dew. (Eric Fillmore)
 * We, Jew. ([Sol Starling])
 * Wolf, I am a llama; I flow. (Liz Was)
 * Wo' Nemo toss a lasso to me now?
 * Wonder if Sununu's fired now?
 * Won king is a sign I know. (mrh)
 * Won't cat lovers revolt? Act now!
 * Wonton? Not now.

Y

 * Yawn I at Susan? Na... sustain way!
 * Yawn a more Roman way.
 * Yell "Avoid a radio valley!"
 * Yes, Mary Ramsey.
 * Yo, banana boy!
 * Yo, Jesus! Use joy!

Z

 * Zoo, tot, God, men, oily L-draw. O Can-Am nite. Kansas, not in it. O Toto, tin it. On 's', a snake, Tin Man, a Cowardly Lion, Em, dog Toto: Oz.

Sentences and phrases

 * A nut for a jar of tuna.
 * A Santa lived as a devil at NASA.
 * Dammit, I'm mad!
 * Dog, as a devil deified, lived as a god.
 * Eva, can I stab bats in a cave?
 * Mr. Owl ate my metal worm.
 * Not so, Boston.
 * On a clover, if alive erupts a vast pure evil, a fire volcano.
 * Was it a car or a cat I saw?


 * Madam, I'm Adam, or Madam in Eden, I'm Adam.

More palindromic phrases
(incomplete sentences)
 * A moral aroma.
 * Amoral aroma.
 * All: Edna, Aron, Bob, Nora, and Ella.
 * Dammit I'm mad!
 * Damn mad!
 * Dog God (Mark -- Shirleyville)
 * Dr. Awkward
 * Evil alive!
 * Flesh self
 * God damn mad dog!
 * Live evil!
 * Mr. Arm
 * Pots stop
 * Red ice; rare cider.
 * Red loft folder.
 * So many dynamos!
 * Space man name caps
 * Star rats
 * Rotary gyrator.
 * Taco Cat
 * Top Spot

Palindromic names of people

 * Lon Nol
 * Revilo P. Oliver
 * Robert Trebor, the stage name of actor Robert Schenkman
 * Stanley Yelnats - the name of the main character in Holes by Louis Sachar

Other palindromic names

 * Apollo, PA
 * Sixaxis (The name of the Playstation 3 controller)
 * Yreka Bakery: for a time, an actual bakery in Yreka, California, since closed, and replaced with: Yrella Gallery (also a palindrome)

Notable palindromic phrases in Spanish
Moved from the article, as the article is English-specific, like English-language idioms. BD2412 T 22:28, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Sourced palindromes mentioned in the main Palindrome article
It likely makes sense to include the example palindromes from the main Palindrome article that are discussed in secondary sources - e.g. some the candidates for "longest palindrome";

And various others scattered throughout the article. BlackholeWA (talk) 01:10, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Edit: I see now that these are in the list on this page, although it seems that there are sources attached via the original article. BlackholeWA (talk) 01:12, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I have added those two to the article, and correspondingly removed them from the lists on this page. Please feel free to add and improve as well. BD2412  T 01:19, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

A Formatting Suggestion
Upon seeing this article's table for the first time, I was befuddled by the occasional "or" between alternative forms of very similar palindromes. For example, I was looking for the other R in "A Toyota; or A Toyota's a Toyota". I therefore suggest that expanded or similar forms of essentially the same palindrome be separated only by punctuation, a new line or in a new cell, rather than by "or" or any other English text. For example: A Toyota; A Toyota's a Toyota

Any thoughts or comments? ChrisJBenson (talk) 22:55, 19 November 2023 (UTC)